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Estimated carbon emissions for PBS‐subsidised prescription respiratory inhalers, Australia, 2019–2023: a descriptive analysis
Reducing the use of high emissions inhalers is a high priority for decarbonising health care in Australia
Luise Kazda · Alexandra L Barratt · Sean Docking · Kristen Pickles · Darlene Cox · Ross S Bailie · Kate Wylie · Katy JL Bell
Prescription opioid supply‐restricting policies and hospital use by people prescribed opioid medications, Victoria, 2018–22: a controlled interrupted time series analysis
Opioid-related harm can be reduced without increasing long term non-opioid substance- or mental health-related harm
Suzanne Nielsen · Louisa Picco · Bosco Rowland · Nadine E Andrew · Taya A Collyer · Samanta Lalic · Rachelle Buchbinder · Christopher Pearce · J Simon Bell · Dan I Lubman · Ting Xia
Health and economic benefits of improving pre‐hospital identification of stroke in Australian women: a modelling study
Younger women experiencing stroke in Australia stand to gain health and economic benefits from more accurate stroke identification in the pre-hospital setting
Thomas Gadsden · Lei Si · Emily R Atkins · Cheryl Carcel · Xia Wang · Stephen Jan · Mark Woodward · Laura E Downey
The prevalence of and variation in indicators of the quality and safety of long term aged care in Australia, 2019: a cross‐sectional population‐based study
Our findings could be used to identify areas of aged care that could be targeted by quality improvement programs
Tesfahun C Eshetie · Gillian E Caughey · Catherine Lang · Olivia Ryan · Renuka Visvanathan · Craig Whitehead · Keith Evans · Janet K Sluggett · Jyoti Khadka · Carolyn Dawkins · Helena Williams · Miranda Starke · Sara Blunt · Anne Liddell · Megan Corlis · Anna Sheppeard · Penelope Lello · Marilyn Thien · Steven L Wesselingh · Maria C Inacio
Trends in adolescent smoking prevalence before and after the emergence of vaping in Australia: an interrupted time series analysis, 1999–2023
Australia’s remarkable progress in reducing adolescent smoking has slowed since the emergence and rise of vaping from 2010 onwards
Sam J Egger · Michael David · Marianne F Weber · Qingwei Luo · Anita Dessaix · Becky Freeman
Promoting resilience to weather‐related and seasonal provocations to health in people with multimorbid heart disease: a prospective pragmatic, randomised trial
A multifaceted intervention was ineffective in increasing the proportion of days alive and out of hospital after hospital discharge
Simon Stewart · Sheila K Patel · Terase F Lancefield · Thalys Sampaio Rodrigues · Nicholas Doumtsis · Nasreen Moini · Ashleigh Harley · Emily‐Rose Vaughan‐Fowler · Yih‐Kai Chan · Alexander Chen · David Chye · David FL Liew · Christopher McMaster · Jay Ramchand · Paul A Yates · Jason C Kwong · Christine F McDonald · Louise M Burrell
Motivations, barriers and enablers for medical and forensic examiners in New South Wales sexual assault services: a qualitative interview study
Changing employment conditions and providing additional support beyond information needs of medical and forensic examiners can help improve workforce participation
Natalie Edmiston · Sam Sperring · Rosalie Power · Samantha Ryan · Kathryn Evans · Jane Ussher · Ellie Freedman
Symptom burden, quality of life, and diagnostic journey of people with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, Australia, 2021–24: a descriptive patient registry data study
Longitudinal research, with diverse patient groups and treatment-focused approaches, is needed to improve outcomes
Marie‐Claire Seeley · Gemma Wilson · Eric Ong · Amy Langdon · Jonathan Chieng · Danielle Bailey · Kristina Comacchio · Amanda Page · Dennis H Lau · Celine Gallagher
The incidence of and risk factors for hospitalisations and amputations for people with diabetes‐related foot ulcers in Queensland, 2011–19: an observational cohort study
Evidence-based profiling could identify people most likely to benefit from interventions for reducing the risk of hospitalisation
Yuqi Zhang · Susanna M Cramb · Steven M McPhail · Rosana Pacella · Jaap J Netten · Ewan M Kinnear · Peter A Lazzarini
What do Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory value during the operation journey? A qualitative study
Integrating culturally informed, patient-centred care models that prioritise respect and trust building is essential to improving accessibility, experience and surgical outcomes
Edith B Waugh · Marita Hefler · Sophie Pascoe · Mark Mayo · Matthew JL Hare · David A Story · Neil Wilkshire · Peter Henwood · David Croker · Jampijinpa Ross
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices on the National Lung Cancer Screening Program: a qualitative study from Worimi and Awabakal country
The NLCSP provides a timely opportunity to improve health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. However, it is critical that the program is tailored to the needs of each community and upholds rights to self-determination to be successful
Tanika L Ridgeway (Worimi) · Kayden Roberts‐Barker (Wiradjuri) · Kade Booth · Michelle Kennedy (Wiradjuri)
Am I on the list? Clinician‐reported factors for kidney transplantation non‐waitlisting among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with kidney failure: a cross‐sectional study
Transplantation equity requires a prioritised investment in system and quality improvements, from enhanced referral and assessment pathways to optimising all elements of care and ongoing accountability measures
Stephen P McDonald AM · Katie Cundale · Christopher E Davies · Kelli Karrikarringka Owen (Kaurna, Nharangga, and Ngarrindjeri) · Kerry Dole · Feruza Kholmurodova · Matilda D’Antoine (Paakantyi) · Jaquelyne T Hughes (Wagadagam)
Bone health perspectives among Indigenous people: a qualitative study
Increasing bone health awareness by a co-created Community education program was valued by Indigenous people
Troy Walker (Yorta Yorta) · Karan P Singh · Vanessa Gan · Brooke Conley (Ngiyampaa) · Jessica Bravo · Nigel Smith (Weilwan) · April Clarke (Eastern Maar, Kirrae Whurrung, Djap Wurrung) · Jackson Baker · Louise J Maple‐Brown · Robin M Daly · Jennifer Browne · Jesse Zanker · Cat Shore‐Lorenti · David Scott · Peter R Ebeling · Ayse Zengin
Remote patient monitoring for managing acute COVID‐19, and mortality and hospital use in Sydney, New South Wales, 2021–22: a retrospective observational cohort study
Community remote monitoring is feasible and safe, and could be expanded to managing other medical conditions
Myong Gyu Kim · Phuong Thao Phan · Cambell McMaster · Praveen Indraratna · Jennifer Yu · Allison Martin · Rebecca Pinheiro · Lisa Altman · Guenter Schreier · Benjamin Kwan · Pamela Konecny · Jeffrey J Post · Nigel Lovell · Sze‐Yuan Ooi · Kristen Overton
Smartphone‐activated volunteer responders and survival to discharge after out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrests in Victoria, 2018–23: an observational cohort study
Survival to hospital discharge was 37% more likely (risk-adjusted) if volunteer responders arrived before emergency medical services
Belinda Delardes · Mads Christian Tofte Gregers · Emily Nehme · Michael Ray · Dylan Hall · Tony Walker · David Anderson · Daniel Okyere · Ashanti Dantanarayana · Ziad Nehme
The intersection of rurality and dementia prevalence in Australia for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non‐Indigenous peoples
Geographic considerations are of crucial significance in dementia epidemiology, particularly for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
Antonia J Clarke · Marwan Ahmed · Judith M Katzenellenbogen · John Towney (Wiradjuri) · Anna H Balabanski · Adrienne Withall (Dharawal Yuin) · Kylie Radford · Amy Brodtmann
Improved cancer survival in the Northern Territory: identifying progress and disparities for Aboriginal peoples, 1991–2020
Despite the improvement in cancer survival for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples in the NT, the gap in survival outcomes for Aboriginal peoples persists. Further research is required on pathways to close the gap
Rowena Boyd · Michail Charakidis · C Paul Burgess · Sarah Dugdale · Craig Castillon (Jawoyn, Katherine Region, NT) · Dzulfikaar Sutandar · Alyson Wright
Evaluating the impact of COVID‐19 vaccination strategies on infections and hospitalisations in Victoria with non‐seasonal epidemic wave patterns: a modelling study
Annual COVID-19 vaccination campaigns at the same time as those for influenza vaccination could reduce the number of COVID-19-related hospitalisations
Fenella McAndrew · Romesh Abeysuriya · Nick Scott
Nirsevimab immunisation of infants and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)‐associated hospitalisations, Western Australia, 2024: a population‐based analysis
Immunising 71% of infants was associated with 57% fewer hospital admissions with the leading cause of hospitalisation of infants
Lauren E Bloomfield · Nevada V Pingault · Rachel E Foong · Sarah French · Jo‐Anne Morgan · Ushma Wadia · Hannah C Moore · Christopher C Blyth · Peter C Richmond · Paul K Armstrong · Paul V Effler
Incidental findings during lung low‐dose computed tomography cancer screening in Australia and Canada, 2016–21: a prospective observational study
Incidental findings during lung cancer screening are frequent, and clinical reporting of these findings is inconsistent
Asha Bonney · Diane M Pascoe · Mark W McCusker · Daniel Steinfort · Henry Marshall · Annette McWilliams · Fraser J Brims · Emily Stone · Paul Fogarty · Jeremy D Silver · Brad Milner · Elizabeth Silverstone · Eugene Hsu · Duy Nguyen · Christopher Rofe · Cameron White · XinXin Hu · John Mayo · Renelle Myers · Kwun M Fong · Renee Manser · Stephen Lam
Social determinants of health and intensive care unit admission rates and outcomes for children, Australia, 2013–2020: analysis of national registry data
Targeted interventions based on further research are needed to reduce differences associated with social determinants of health
for the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Paediatric Study Group and Centre for Outcomes and Resource Evaluation
The prevalence of intimate partner violence in Australia: a national survey
The lifetime prevalence of experiencing intimate partner violence is high, especially among women
Ben Mathews · Kelsey L Hegarty · Harriet L MacMillan · Monica Madzoska · Holly E Erskine · Rosana Pacella · James G Scott · Hannah Thomas · Franziska Meinck · Daryl Higgins · David M Lawrence · Divna Haslam · Sara Roetman · Eva Malacova · Timothy Cubitt
The relative toxicity of medicines detected after poisoning suicide deaths in Australia, 2013–19: a data linkage case series study
More toxic medicines should be supplied in limited quantities and their dispensing to individuals monitored
Jessy Lim · Nicholas A Buckley · Kate Chitty · Andrea L Schaffer · Jennifer Schumann · Zein Ali · Rose Cairns
Geographic remoteness‐based differences in in‐hospital mortality among people admitted to NSW public hospitals with heart failure, 2002–21: a retrospective observational cohort study
Targeted programs could improve outcomes for people in regional and remote Australia with heart failure
Imants Rubenis · Gregory Harvey · Karice Hyun · Vincent Chow · Leonard Kritharides · Andrew P Sindone · David B Brieger · Austin CC Ng
The costs and benefits of a prison needle and syringe program in Australia, 2025–30: a modelling study
Each dollar spent on a needle and syringe program in Australian prisons could save $2.60 in treatment costs
Farah Houdroge · Samantha Colledge‐Frisby · Nadine Kronfli · Rebecca J Winter · Joanne Carson · Mark Stoove · Nick Scott
